Have decided to stay here another day. It is a beautiful town, and we are ready to stop and get caught up with some chores. Jim and Gloria from Crawdad arrived today, we got caught up on what we have been doing since we last saw them in Fernandina Beac…
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Tuesday, 4/19/11
N 35′ 05.200′/W 076′ 36.200′ Campbell Creek on the “hook” Left Casper’s Marina at 7:20 a.m. Sunny, calm, 7.5 knots wind from the south. The first thing we saw on the horizon through the binoculars while looking for our first marker, was a large cross on a sand cliff which read: “Jesus Saves”. We went […]
Beaufort City Marina, Beaufort, SC
Spent this morning touring Beaufort. Many of the homes date back to before the civil war, and they have been beautifully maintained. The streets are shaded with overhanging tree branches, very pretty town. Visited St. Helena’s Episcopal church whi…
Avery Island home of Tabasco
We left Houma and traveled to Avery Island. We stopped at Morgan City to fuel up then proceeded on. Finally found Avery Island and the dock. Some people who lived there let us tie up at dock in front of their house. I don’t know if it was private or pu…
Avery Island home of Tabasco
We left Houma and traveled to Avery Island. We stopped at Morgan City to fuel up then proceeded on. Finally found Avery Island and the dock. Some people who lived there let us tie up at dock in front of their house. I don’t know if it was private or pu…
City Dock of Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina
Had a visit last night about 10 pm from US Customs and Border Protection Agency. Two agents apparently regularly walk the docks in Savannah, and they just wanted to see our documentation. Turns out that when we entered the…
Palm Sunday, 4/17/11
N 33′ 54.86′//W 078′ 00.85′ Southport, NC — Palm Sunday We had a quiet night as the storm passed us by (thanks for the prayers) and departed Osprey Marina 7:45 a.m. Drove all day in beautiful sunny 70′s weather singing hymns underway. We had a light wind. Played tag with a couple of others from […]
Savannah City Docks, Savannah, Georgia
We went on an historical tour of Savannah today, very interesting. In 1733, James Oglethorpe and 144 “sober, moral and industrious” settlers arrived from England to set up a colony here. James Oglethorpe organized his colony on a model from Peking; he …
Saturday 4/16/11
Hunkered down triple docked-lined as we had severe weather predicted with high winds, thunderstorms & tornado watch for this county until 9 p.m. Most of what was predicted didn’t occur. We had a delicious breakfast at the marina restaurant of easy over eggs, bacon, toast, hot chocolate. We actually worked on the income taxes for […]
Houma, La
We left New Orleans about 10:30am from Seabrook Marine. The wind was blowing, but not as much as it had the night before. Wanted to make it to Houma and knowing that we had enough fuel to get there and had called ahead to see if there was some availabl…
